News Coverage – St. Catherine's Center for Children

The Record: St. Catherine’s Receives Large Grant to Support Pathways to Health & Housing Program

September 23, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. — St. Catherine’s Center for Children has been awarded a large grant to support the agency’s Pathways to Health & Housing program.

The American Recovery Plan Act grant, which totals $150,000, comes from the Albany County Community Development Grant Program. The funds will enable Pathways to Health & Housing to continue direct outreach and engagement in the community. Pathways is a street outreach program serving at-risk people who typically do not have access to or seek primary and behavioral healthcare services on their own.

News 12 Westchester: St. Catherine’s Center for Children Receives $25,000 Funding Boost

March 1, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children in Kingston is receiving a $25,000 funding boost from the American Rescue Plan.

The Daily Freeman: Mid-Hudson People ‘On the Move’ – Cindy Kouhout

February 25, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y. – Cindy L. Kouhout is the new executive director at St. Catherine’s Center for Children, which serves the Capital Region and the Hudson Valley, including Our Kinship Care and Therapeutic Foster Care in Kingston. Kouhout, originally from New York, most recently served as executive director of Pregnancy Support Services in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina.

The Post-Star: Arrow Financial Supports St. Catherine’s and Other Non-Profits

December 6, 2023

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Arrow Family of Companies announced $100,000 in donations to 10 local non-profit organizations that support mental health needs. As part of the Arrow Family’s fourth-annual Thankful Campaign, 10 organizations have each received $10,000 to support the mental health needs of individuals and families in financial need. The donations will help fund a variety of initiatives, including transportation to support services, free support services for domestic violence survivors, basic needs for unhoused or housing-insecure populations and funding to cover the cost of mental health services.

The Saratogian: St. Catherine’s Awarded Troy Savings Bank Foundation Grant

December 5, 2023

ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the recent “Giving Tuesday,” which occurred on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500.

The Evangelist: St. Catherine’s awarded $17.5K Troy Savings Bank Foundation Grant

December 1, 2023

ALBANY, N.Y. – In advance of the global movement, “Giving Tuesday,” which occurs the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation held a ceremony to present St. Catherine’s Center for Children with a check for $17,500. This funding, which provides operating support to organizations delivering vital community services, allows St. Catherine’s to continue its Pathways to Health community outreach program.

Hudson Valley 360: St. Catherine’s honored with Outstanding Organization of the Year Award

October 9, 2023

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program at a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Albany – the Desmond Hotel.

The Record: SNAPSHOT: St. Catherine’s honored with Outstanding Organization of the Year award

September 22, 2023

LATHAM, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children was recently honored with the 2023 CURA Award for Outstanding Organization. This award is presented to a nonprofit organization in New York state, providing kinship care, or that has had a significant positive impact on kinship care. The award – presented by the New York State Kinship Navigator and New York State Kincare Coalition – was accepted by St. Catherine’s executive director, Frank Pindiak, as well as staff members from St. Catherine’s Kinship Care Program.

Times Union: St. Catherine’s Plans Charity Hockey Tournament

August 24, 2023

TROY, N.Y. – St. Catherine’s Center for Children will present its first charity hockey tournament – the Lansingburgh Connects Hockey Clash – from Thursday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Frear Park Ice Arena. Organizers said the event is open to the public, with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items or personal hygiene items. It’s a four-team competition named after the community outreach program it will benefit: Lansingburgh Connects, an effort among St. Catherine’s, the Lansingburgh school district and the Rensselaer County Mental Health Department.

The Saratogian: St. Catherine’s Center for Children, SPAC School of the Arts Renew Summer Program Partnership

July 6, 2023

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Recently, St. Catherine’s Center for Children and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s School of the Arts announced that they will partner, for the second year in a row, to offer children the opportunity to attend an arts and recreation summer camp. In 2022, in the first year of this partnership, the summer camp program hosted 35 Capital Region children, including 20 from St. Catherine’s residential program which serves children who have been removed from their homes and have experienced significant trauma in their life.